Plate XXXIX. fig. 1.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Longicornes. FAMILY: Cerambycidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. CERAMBYX, _Linn._ SUBGENUS. Hamaticherus, _Zeigl._ Cerambyx, SERV.
CERAMBYX (HAMATICHERUS) HEROS. Thorace spinoso rugoso, niger, elytris
subspinosis piceis, antennis longis. (Long. Corp. 2 unc.)
SYN. Cerambyx Heros, _Fabr. Mant._ 1. _p._ 132. _Syst. Eleuth._ II. _p._
270. 21. _Oliv. Ent._ iv. 67. _p._ 12. _t. f._ 1. _Panzer F. I. G._ 82.
_pl._ 1.
Cerambyx cerdo (var. major), _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 629. 39.
_Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Italy, Smyrna, Scandaroon, Sicily, Gibraltar (_Drury_). Central
and Southern Europe.
Head dirty black. Antennæ black, much longer than the body. Thorax very
rough, round, black and shining, having a spine on each side; the
fore-part, next the head, appearing as if surrounded by a groove.
Scutellum small and triangular. Elytra black and margined, dark brown at
the extremities, and narrow, covering the anus; having a small spine on
each, and being very rough, and shagreened. Abdomen and legs black. Tibiæ
clothed with short brown hair, and terminated by two spines; under side
of the tarsi cushioned.